John CassavetesBirthday: December 9, 1929Birth
Place: New York, New York, USAHeight: 5' 7"

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Biography

Actor and film director who was regarded as a pioneer of American cinema verité.

Father of Nick Cassavetes, Alexandra Cassavetes and Zoe R. Cassavetes. Son of Katherine Cassavetes.

Friend/actor Peter Falk said: "Cassavetes was the most fervent man I ever met, and he didn't have a copy-cat bone in his body."

A photograph of Cassavetes, taken during the production of his film Husbands (1970), appears on one stamp of a sheet of 10 USA 37¢ commemorative postage stamps, issued 25 February 2003, celebrating American Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes. The stamp honors directing.

Friend/actor Peter Falk said: "Every Cassavetes film is always about the same thing. Somebody said 'Man is God in ruins,' and John saw the ruins with a clarity that you and I could not tolerate."

In Ray Carney's "Cassavetes on Cassavetes" book, Cassavetes confessed to his parents that he wanted to be an actor. His father wasn't initially thrilled at the idea of his son being an actor, but told him that he had to work hard because he would be portraying human emotions truthfully.

He was fully Greek in heritage.

Auditioned for The Actors Studio when he was starting out as an actor, but was rejected.

Despite many claiming that his films are improvised, it's actually a completed script that comes from improvised work by the actors. Another trademark of his films is that they're shot documentary-style.